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Answer for the clue "Large Asiatic deer ", 6 letters:
sambur

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sambur \Sam"bur\, n. [Hind. s[=a]mbar, s[=a]bar.] (Zo["o]l.) An East Indian deer ( Rusa Aristotelis ) having a mane on its neck. Its antlers have but three prongs. Called also gerow . The name is applied to other species of the genus Rusa , as the Bornean ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sambur is the name of two distinct Hasidic dynasties : one founded by Rebbe Moshe Eichenstein of Sambir , Ukraine, a brother of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov , the other founded by Rabbi Uri Jolles, of the same town. Category:Hasidic dynasties

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines [syn: sambar , Cervus unicolor ]

Usage examples of sambur.

There they were, smaller by weight and length than the lone crocodile that lurked two hundred yards downstream near a watering hole, hopelessly outmatched in every physical aspect by the great tiger that sometimes came from the lower jungles to hunt the stately sambur and wiry goral, and the elusive serow.

To name only a few, there are the Sambur, the beautiful Axis Deer, the small, but fierce, Hog Deer, the Rusa Deer, the Bahrainga Deer, and the noble Cashmere Deer.